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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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@wutrain.bsky.social this is so important for our city to get right. The seaport is a mess, but we can do this one right under your leadership, please please don't let 4500 parking spot garage go in...we don't need cars there and push more housing & community space please please we need housing

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Happy Pride Month. Please don't lecture me about Kraft's highly-publicized support of PFLAG et al. in which there was a quid pro quo, where the Kraft family's pro photographers and PR pros were present to capitalize on philanthropic transactions. This 👇 matters. brendanhalpin.com/who-is-josh-...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

On X, @kellygarrity.bsky.social is posting screencaps from a new push poll. The poll claims Josh Kraft is "a lifelong Democrat." Please explain how Kraft voted in GOP primaries. "In the 2016 GOP primary, he voted for John Kasich, the moderate governor of Ohio." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/03/m...

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This is Gracie’s mom Gina. These are the Boston Fire Fighters who responded when Gracie was hit by a driver and killed while in a cross walk. Today we all returned to the scene of the crash to say NO More Deaths on Boston Roads. #VisionZero #RideOfSilence #Bospoli

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Dairy is such a cruel mistress. #LactoseIntolerance

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Sometimes I’m reminded how dumb and small people are when they hate something like vocal fry. Like, get a life.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Trump’s building a $5.5 billion golf resort in Qatar. Qatar just handed him a $400 million private jet. Meanwhile, Americans are rationing insulin and drowning in debt. This isn’t politics. It’s organized crime in broad daylight.

submitted 30 days ago • 19 comments

The important question: Is Cardinal Pizzaballa the new Pope? If so, he should keep his name. Otherwise, whenever Pizzaballa isn't on screen, the other characters should be asking "where's Pizzaballa?"

submitted 34 days ago • 32 comments

I mean, I get the tradition, excitement, and pomp, and their professionalism, etc. but the Swiss Guard uniform is still ridiculous.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

And not one Signal leak from the Conclave too.

submitted 34 days ago • 21 comments

Brooklyn bus stop ads being replaced with guerilla public service announcements.

submitted 38 days ago • 167 comments

_coyotl_ Raphael Coyotl

submitted 38 days ago • 225 comments

America must embrace the traditional masculinity of right-wing incels living in their parents' basement, and reject the soft and feminine lifestyles of professional football players who protest social injustice.

submitted 41 days ago • 17 comments

While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

submitted 43 days ago • 393 comments

"Heel, doggy, heel!" www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/a...

submitted 43 days ago • 1430 comments

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

submitted 49 days ago • 822 comments

If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

submitted 53 days ago • 281 comments

Hey, NBC News -- you might want to look in your headline for the solution to the mystery.

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In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere. @hcrichardson.bsky.social #paulrevere #boston250

submitted 54 days ago • 346 comments

If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.

submitted 56 days ago • 822 comments

This tracks. #VichyLaw #PaulWeiss #Vichy #Capitulation

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☹️ Pepper got returned to the shelter. When he first came in last year he was the scrungliest stray but so sweet. He looked like he was 3x his actual age. He got adopted a couple months ago and I don’t know why he was returned but he is just the nicest gentleman. www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

submitted 58 days ago • 210 comments

Josh Kraft promulgated the same old falsehood on @wbur.org yesterday: That Mayor Wu's 20% affordable housing requirement is onerous. Kraft is well aware that 20,000+ fully-permitted, stalled housing units were permitted according to Walsh-era standards (13%). cc @tizianadearing.bsky.social

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx

submitted 64 days ago • 293 comments

Why no, in fact, Trump’s tariffs are NOT legal. Not even the ones imposed on penguins and uninhabited islands. I explain why in today’s Substack:

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

My plovers will be out protesting tomorrow! They have signs and everything. Hands off our parks! Hands off our rights! Hands off education! Hands off healthcare! I’m so proud. I have to work but I will be roaring in solidarity with everyone raising their voices. 🌊💙

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

Yes, prices will skyrocket. Yes, business will go bankrupt. Yes, stocks will crash. Yes, unemployment will rise. But if we hold on, the tariffs will be worth it. If fully implemented we can finally achieve the true American dream: rich people not having to pay ANY taxes.

submitted 67 days ago • 259 comments

Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.

submitted 67 days ago • 214 comments

On April 2nd, 4 US Army Soldiers died in a training accident in Lithuania. 🕊️ The Lithuania Govt. showed more respect than our own govt Staff Sgt. Knutson-Collins, 28, Michigan Sgt. Duenez Jr., 25, Illinois Sgt. Franco, 25, California. Pfc. Taitano, 21, Guam. Much Respect 🙏🏻 🇺🇸 #SheShed

submitted 69 days ago • 991 comments

so as i understand it the president has driven an improvised fertilizer bomb directly into the foundation of global trade?

submitted 70 days ago • 546 comments

What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?

submitted 69 days ago • 919 comments

Everyone is entitled to good legal representation. Except for people who are enemies of Donald Trump. by Paul Weiss

submitted 78 days ago • 12 comments

@mbta.com please tell Silver Line drivers to shut off whatever makes out of service buses show up on tracking apps. I’m sick of running for a bus only to find that the bus I’ve been tracking is OOS.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Hello @mbta.com 10 minute headways are much too long on the Orange Line, even on weekends. @universalhub.com

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A new uhh... fountain has emerged at D and W. 7th in Southie. @universalhub.com

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth we highlight activist and "First Lady of Roxbury," Melnea Cass. A tireless advocate, Cass was a charter member of the Freedom House, Action for Boston Community Development, and president of the Boston branch of the NAACP. Read her own words at: ow.ly/baWM50V9INH

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Well said!

submitted 98 days ago • 1268 comments

When France proposed raising the legal smoking age to 9

submitted 102 days ago • 20 comments

Screw those traitors in the White House.

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

submitted 103 days ago • 515 comments

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

submitted 103 days ago • 453 comments

Russia's useful idiot on full display today. That said, we knew that about him. Republicans in the House and Senate, was it enough to finally convince you to stand up for and protect and defend America?

submitted 103 days ago • 62 comments